MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS-WEEKLY THE wmm w^m wmm A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 15A, NO. 31. ^(^AftTHAOe &Aci.e SPRINGS ALAKEVI6W ENO MAHi.EV JACKSOH 9PRIMOS SOUTHERN PitiES ASHI.6V M«.»QHTS AeCADCE>4 ^ PIN CeUiFF of the Sandhill Territor Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Cr^rolina, Friday, June 28, 1935 FIRST IN NEWS, CIRCrLATION & ADVERTISING th Carolina FIVE CENW TWO JUDGES HOLD NEW LIQUOR LAW OF STATE ILLEGAL Director Tells Aims of Institute of Government at Chapel Hill Wilson and Edgecomb Plan To Open Stores Despite Court Opinions Albert Coates Outlines Program j of Education in Talk Be- ! fore Kiwanis i . . „ I COORDINATION OF EFFORT | McNEILLS VOTERS SIGN Just as McNeills township was re ported as about to go "over the top” this week in its petition for a liquor store two judges held unconstitution- inadequate, out of date textbooks on Civics plus the Depression brought about the Institute of Government at ; Chapel Hill. How little the textbooks j taught of present day government was : first appreciated by Albert Coates, i now director of the Institute, when j al the recently enacted law under! he was instructing classes in Civics | at the University. How little the tax payer of the state knew about his government was first realized by Mr. Taxpayer himself when the Depres sion sent him into a study of where j his tax dollar was going. From this combination was born, in 1932, the organization which has grown to a place of importance in the state and of renown in the coun try. How it came about, what has been accomplished to date, and what its future plans and aims are were General A. A. F. Seawell said that in i interestingly ^old by Mr. Coates to liis opinion the ruling of Judge Paul ] members of the Kiwanis Club of Frizelle of Greene county, first to ' Aberdeen at their weekly meeting hold the law unconstitutional, would ; held Wednesday noon in the Aber- not affect the Wilson and Edgecombe ' deen Community House, situation, though all three counties, and 15 others, as well as McNeills and Mineral Springs townships in' Institute has numerous aims, which 18 counties and two townships of North Carolina were permitted to decidc for themselves on the sale of liquor. These decisions affected Green and Franklin counties. Other judicial decisions are pending in oth er counties. Despite these decisions, authorities of Wilson county announced that stores would be open and doing busi ness there by Saturday, and Edge combe county hopes to open next week. In this connection Attorney Hole in One Herbie Vail of Pinehurst Scores an Ace on No. 5 of No. 1 Course Herbert Vail of Pinehurst made a perfect shot Sunday afternoon for a hole-in-one with a No. five iron on the eleventh hole on the No. 1 course in Pinehurst, which is i par 3 and a distance of 178 yards. Mr. Vail was playing with N. S. Hurd. I. C, Sledge and A. P. Thomp son of Pinehurst won the Yadkin Club tournament, best ball of pair, in a play-off after being tied for first place with A. H. Eastmai' of Boston and Frank McCaskill of Pinehurst. Sledge and Thompson had a net score of 57, "being 12 strokes under par. Eastman and McCaskill had a net of 58. BOARD APPOINTED TO PLAN PROJECTS IN MOORE county! i Will Canvas Needp For Work Under Available Federal Appropriations Coast Guard and Airplanes Seek Body of Grandson of Mrs. Silver, Southern Pines EACH TOWN REPRESENTED Aims of the Institute I \ Planning Board has been appoint-1 ! ed by the Board of County Commis- j j sloners to consider the matter of fed-1 I eral projects in Moore county, and; i i I will hold its first session at the i Courthouse in Carthage on Monday, j i July 1st. ; j Named on the board are one from I each township, as follows: ' 3. H. Miller, Carthage; E. C. Math- iCson. Bensalem; W'. P. Saunders, Shef- I fields; Frank Brady, Ritters; O. IT. I Alexander, Deep River; Leighton Mc- i Keithen, Greenwood; D. G. Stutz, j McNeills; C. G. Seymour, Sandhills, I and Richard S. Tufts, Mineral Springs. For some time the County Commis sion has felt that possibly the citi zens of the county were somewhat lax in making demands vpon the gov ernment for government projects, and that an advisory or planning board was needed. With the federal govern- Moore county, were included in the same bill. Prominent members of the bar expressed themselves as of the opinion that nothing could be done to stop the sale of liquor in Wilson and Edgecombe counties, and others where restraining orders are not is sued, until the Supreme Court settles the question in the fall. Wilson and Edgecombe voters had balloted on the question before the judicial opin ions were handed down, the wets carrying the vote by 10 to 1. Illegally Passed The basis of the rulings of Judge Frizelle and Judge Clawson L. Wil liams was that the law was pa.ssed without three votes on three succes- principal among them being the co ordination of the work federal, state, county and municipal officials; edu cation of such officials; the educa- tion of the public in what their offi cers and government are doing; the stimulation of interest in government on the part of the youth of the coun try. LENA L. CAMERON PASSES AWAY IN BALTIMORE, MD.| j ment making millions available for Untiiiiely Death Follows Brain I community needs and employment. Operation at Johns Hopkins some organized effort is essential here Advanced Flier “Hill’’ Fisher of Southern Pines Get« Pilot’s License at Kelly Field William Fisher, son of Mrs. Park W. Fisher, librarian of the Southern Pines Library, w’a.s grad uated last Saturday from the gov ernment s auvaiicf.-d flying field at Kelly Field, Texa.s, receiving his pilot's license as an observer, He has been transferred *to Mitchell Field, at Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y., and is now on his way to report there. Three other North Carolina boys were graduated at Kelly Field at the same time, among them Ed ward J. Hale of Fayetteville. Jack Duckworth, 17, Missir Af ter Sailboat Capsizes i' tv- er at Jacksonville, lu. HIS FATHER KILLED HERE TWO ADDITIONAL TEACHERS GIVEN SOUTHERN PINES Hospital TELEPHONE CO. CASHIER Funeral services conducted by the Rev. C. Rexford Raymond, the Rev. J. Fred Stimson, the Rev. E. L. Bar- ‘When an official has just about iber of Aberdeen, and the Rev. M. D. McNeill of Cameron, were held at 5 learned his job, he is succeeded by one entirely unfamiliar with the work the electorate has assigned him and has to start not wheie the other fellow left off, but all over again. Bridging the gap between outgoing and incom ing officials is our important work. Do you know that on May 6th, 1932 aive days in the Assembly, as required j federal, state, county and municipal of bills which involve the expenditure | officials w'ere brought together in of public funds. Those counties | the interest of coordinated effort for which are planning to open stores des-1 the first time in the history of the o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Church of Wide Fellowship, Southern Pines for Miss Lena L. Cameron, who died in John Hopkins Hospital, Bal timore, Md„ at 10:30 o’clock Friday night follow’ing an operation for brain tumor. Born in the old homestead five miles east of Southern Pines on June 9th, 1899, youngest daughter of the late David H. Cameron and Mary if Moore county is to avail itself of its share of such funds. The newiy ap pointed board is the result. An organization will be effected at i the meeting July 1st and the needs ; of the county along lines in accord- j ance with federal relief requirements j will be canvassed. It will be the aim of the board to see that money is wisely spent here on worthwhile pro jects only. But County School System is Alloted Same Number as Last Year, 186 A United States Coast Guard cut ter, two airplanes and a diver have been searching the w-aters of St. John’s River, at Jacksonville, Flor ida, for the past two days in an ef fort to locate the body of Jack Duck- w’orth, 17-year old grandson of Mrs. Elizabeth J. Silver of Southern Pines, who disappeared when the boat in which he and another boy were sailing upset on Wednesday morning. T' "* second boy was rescued by fisherme»' Meagre details have reached here of the tragic accident. A telegram received by Charles S. Patch was the first news of the boy’s disappearance, and yesterday came word that the Coa.st Guard, aviators and a diver had sought in vain for the young man. Jack is a son of the late John Duck- w'orth, who was killed on the Scott farm here some 15 years ago when I kicked by a horse, and of Mrs. Sil ver’s daughter. Both Mrs. Silver and her son Henry Silver were in Jackson ville at the time of the tragedy. I The 'ooys went out in a 20-foot sail- Local Firemen Win Cups at Fayetteville Pinehurst and Southern Pines Bring Back Silver From Sandhills Convention pite the rulings are not using public United States? This was at Chapel | Camercn. Lena attended the Hill, and marked the start of the in-' southern Pines school, and was later stitute of Government’ program. The ■ graduated from Elise Academy at work of these men had been overlap-1 g^e became telephone ping for 150 years without effort be-! operator for the old Leavitt system, ing made to coordinate it,” Mr. Coates! remaining in the consolidation of that I system with the Central Carolina Tel- Studying All Branche* j ephone Company as chief operator The Institute is making a study of ®“d cashier. Courteous, diligent and funds, they state. If the Alcohol Control Boards in these counties are not spending pub lic money, about the only thing left for the contesting dry to do is to seek to have the authorities indicted for violating the Turlington Act. If the grand juries refuse to indict, which is considered probable, or the author ities are not convicted in court, the State cannot appeal. If on the other hand the authorities are indicted and convicted of making a mistake as to which of two laws to obey, it is quite within the realm of possibility that they might be allowed to pro ceed, under a bond, until the Supreme Court finally decided on the law. The so-called Pasquotank Act, un der which McNeills and Mineral Springs townships are permitted to act on the liquor question, did not re quire elections as were required of whole counties, but petitions for the operation of stores signed by more than fifty percent of the qualified voters of each township for several weeks, and are said to have been signed by more than half the quali fied voters. No petitions have been circulated as yet in Mineral Springs township, so far as The Pilot has learned. all branches of government, criminal, the courts, tax departments, adminis tration of justice, accounting, etc. Its members follow each subject through local, county, state and federal chan nels. Out of all this will come guide books of the powers and duties of each and every official; programs for citizens’ groups and civic organiza tion; supplemental texts for high school students; a governmental dem onstration laboratory where one and all may see the various systems of the various branches of their govern ment; courses in colleges and schools for teachers and students in the attentive to the patronage of the bus iness Miss Cameron was one of the I most widely known and popular of the young business women of the Sandhills, and to this great number of friends and acquaintances the news of her removal to the Baltimore hospital last Wednesday night came as a distinct shock. Accompanying her to Baltimore were her sisters, Mrs. Esther Wicker and Miss Gussie Cameron and Dr. W. C. Mudgett. The operation for the removal of the tumor was performed Friday morning. A vast concourse of sympathizers workings of government, and finally the church Sunday afternoon. A quartet comprising Mr. and Mrs. in DR. McCAIN ON NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASS’N. BOARD Dr. James J. Waring, Denver, Col., was elected president of the National Tuberculosis Association at Its an nual convention In Saranac Lake, N. Y„ this week. Dr. James A. Price, Memphis, Tenn., and Dr. Fred H. Heise, Sara nac Lake, were chosen vice presi dents; Dr. Charles J. Hatfield, Phil adelphia, was named secretary, and Dr.' Colloer Platt, New York City, treasurer. The association’s new executive committee includes Dr. P. P. McCain of the N. C. State Sanatorium. NO INFANTILE HERE Though a number of new cases of infantile paralysis have been reported in the state during the week, no case is recorded io Moo^ county. making the Magazine of Govern- {Please turn to page 8) Double Header Here on Afternoon of Fourth West End to Play Aberdeen and Pinehurst to Battle South ern Pines A baseball double-header will be played on the Southern Pines diamond on the afternoon of the Fourth of July, Charles W. Plcquet of the Chamber of Commerce baseball com- Charles W. Picquet, Thomas Kelly and Miss Dorothy Richardson ren dered “How Firm a Foundation,” "Peace, Perfect Peace,” and "God in His Many Ways.” Many followed the funeral corsage to the family plot in Mount Hope Cemetery. Surviving members of the family are her mother Mrs. D. H. Cameron; three brothers, D. D. Cam-1 eron, of Aberdeen, ‘ Clifton and Thom as of Southern Pines, and four sis ters, Mrs. Esther Wicker of Ham let, and the Misses Mary, Rebecca and Gussie of Southern Pines. Pinehurst and Southern Pines fire men returned from the couvi*ntion of the Sandhills Firemen’s Association, held at Fayetteville on Wednesday, with silver loving cups. The Pine hurst team was second in the water event, Soufhe»u Pines second in the chemical. Sanford won both the water anS chemical events. On the teams were: Pinehurst—El lis Fields, captain; Travis W'icker, Albert Veno, Norman Carcutt (?), Leonard Barrett, Bob Barrett, Curtis Mackenzie, Harold Kelly and Charles Fry. Southern Pines—L. S. Powell, captain; Tom Vann, Harold McNeill, Alden Bowers, Johnnie Cameron, Barrett Harris, Oscar Michaels, Har old Maples and J. H. Cashion. Fire Chief L. V. O’Callaghan, re tiring president of the association, presided at the convention and was among the speakers. Officers elected for the new year were Sam W. Til- linghast. chief of the Fayetteville de partment, president; Chief G. G. Dor- sett of Sanford, vice president, and Fred W. Deal of Fayetteville, secre tary. The Southern Pines firemen ex pect to go to Wilmington in August to compete at the State convention. The next Sandhills association con vention will be held at Lumberton. MRS. GRAEFER, RESIDENT HERE 15 YEARS, PASSES K'a WORD ON GYMNASIUM Wednesday morning, tak- ing their bicycles in the boat with In the tentative allotments of them with the plan in view to sail teachers made this week by the State ^ certain point from which they School Commission, Moore county is "’'ere to take a ride. While out in the given 186 teachers, the same as the river the boat suddenly capsized and past school year, but Southern Pines’s sank. Men fishing nearby rescued allotment is increased from 29 teach- young Duckworth’s companion, but ers to 31. Superintendent Webster ex- J®^ck failed to come up. It is believ- pects to have his faculty list com- probable that he became entan- pleted by next w'eek, with a number in his bicycle on the river’s of changes to be announced then. bottom. A diver was sent down near Tentative allotments of 23,042 the scene of the accident but could teachers for the 1935-36 term of the find no trace of the body. State-supported school system w’ere Young Duckworth has visited his announced Wednesday by the com- grandmother in Southern Pines on mission. 'occasion. He was a likeable and The number of teachers exceeded promising youth, and those who know by about 100 the tentative allotments him here were grief-stricken at the made last summer but was 280 short news. of the 23,322 finally employed last year. The basis of the allotments Lewis, Former U. was the same both years. CJ • * T\* Both the county and city may be O. LOmitllSSlOner, DieS alloted additional teachers when re- adjustments are made. No teachers Illness of Several Months Fatal were alloted high schools of less than To Prominent Resident of 60 pupils, according to the State law, Aberdeen but may be alloted if geopraphic con. ditions demands. Schaals which do ^ Lewis, of Aberdeen, former not have classrooms sufficient to ac- United States Commissioner in this commodate the number of teachers Prominent Mason and long to which they are entitled may add engaged in the automobile business those rooms and receive additional here, died in the Moore County Hospi- teachers. For these and other reasons, ^al last Sunday afternoon of cirrhosis the commission expects employment the liver, following an illness of of teachers to exceed the 1934-35 fig- several months. He leaves a wide clr- cle of friends throughout Moore No word has been heard here as yet <^ounty. from the application of the Southeru Besides his wife, who was Miss Pines School Board to the Public Margaret Brewer, he leaves survlv- Works Administration for a loan and *ng him. six brothers. J. A. Lewis, grant for the erection of a school gym- Slocomb, Ala.; B. F. Lewis, of Ashe- nasium and auditorium. Secretary boro; E. M. and J. D. Lewis, of Pine- Ralph Chandler of the board said this hurst; L. M. Lewis, of Eagle Springs; mittee announced yesterday. At 2:00 DEDICATE NEW EUREKA o'clock West End will meet Aberdeen and at 4:00 o’clock Pinehurst will tackle Southern Pines. These are the American Legion Junior League teams, now competing In a fast and furious summer league race, and are regularly scheduled games that will count In the standing. The youngsters have been putting up a good brand of ball of late and deserve the patronage of the fans. Mrs. Betty M. Graefer, a resident of Southern Pines for the past 15 years, died in her home at 45 North Ashe street early Tuesday morning. Fun eral services were held in her late res idence at 8:00 o’clock Wednesday eve ning, the Rev. C. Rexford Raymond of the Church of Wide Fellowship of ficiating. Mrs. Graefer is survived by The new brick Eureka Presbyterian two sisters, the Misses Johanna C. Church building will be fittingly ded- j and Gesine Dosher of Southern Pines. The body was taken north for In terment in the family plot in Green wood cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y. CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY week. and C. S. Lewis of Hemp; and four sisters; Mrs. Vina McKenzie of Wa- _ ._ ^ &ram; Mrs. N. A. Morrisonn, of Clin- Carthage May Get C/CL ton; Mrs. James Bailey, of Eagle Soil Erosion Camp springs; and Mrs. E. C. Bailey of Fayetteville. Funeral services were held at Ben salem Church at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, under the auspices of the Moore County Burial Association, Officials Look Favorably on Site Near County Seat Offered bv C. F. Barnes Icated on Sunday. There will be a preaching service at 11 o’clock when the Rev. J. K. Roberts, of Joint Pleas ant, West Virginia, a son of the foun der of the church, the late Rev. J. K. Roberts, will be in the pulpit. Anoth er son, the Rev. Phillip A. Roberts As there are no other plans for the! of Staunton, Virginia, will speak at Fourth In Southern Pines It Is expect- the afternoon service. The Rev. W. S. ed that a large crowd will be on hand Golden of Carthage Is the present pas- for the double bill. I tor of the Eureka church. JUNIOR ORDER PICNIC Members of the Junior Order, Unit ed American Mechanics, and their wives and families enjoyed a picnic at Aberdeen Lake Wednesday even ing. Mr. Lee from the High Point office with the Rev. E. L. Barber offlclat- was In Carthage Saturday to look ing. 6ver a location for a proposed CCC soil erosion Vamp, and expressed REV. WILLIAM P. MERRILL,